New NOA Leadership Pays Familiarization Visit To Chairman National Salaries Income & Wages Commission

On Thursday, 3rd August 2023, the leadership of the Nigerian Optometric Association, led by Dr Anderson Chimeziri paid a courtesy and familiarization visit to the Chairman National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission ( NSIWC) the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The President, Dr Chimeziri in the company of Vice President North, Dr Temple Nwosu and the […]
Nigerian Optometric Association Gets New Leadership

After a keenly contested election, which was part of the activities lined up for the just concluded 46th Annual Nigerian Optometric Association Conference & Vision Expo, which took place at Asaba, Delta State Nigeria; Dr Anderson Chimeziri emerged as the winner. The new NOA President and other members of the National Executive Council, some of […]
Optometrists Call for Government Action on Rising Visual Impairment
Optometrists in Nigeria have called on the government at all levels to review its strategy towards combating the rising statistics of visual impairments in the country. President of the Nigerian Optometrists Association, who made the call at the 46th National Conference & Vision Expo in Asaba also wants President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the government’s […]
An Address Presented by NOA’s president on the occasion of the World Optometry Day

Gentlemen of the Press, It is with great pleasure that I address you on behalf of the National Executive Council and the Board of Trustees of Nigerian Optometric Association. Today 23rd March 2023 is a remarkable in every sense of it as it has been dedicated as the World Optometry Day, a day which has […]
President Calls for Regular Eye Check Up at The Women Optometrists in Nigeria Conference

Dr.Obinna Awiaka, the President of NIgerian Association has called on members of the public to go for regular eye check to ascertain their status with a view to seeking early intervention to prevent blindness. The call was made at the Women Optometrists in Nigeria, Annual Conference, 2022 in Lagos. He gave the advice at a […]
NOA Pays A Courtesy Visit To The New Minister Of State For Health, Honourable Barr. Nkama Joseph Ekumankama
On Thursday, 20th October, 2022, the Nigerian Optometric Association led by the President, Dr. Obinna Awiaka paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed Honourable Minister of State for Health, Hon. Nkama Joseph EKUMANKAMA and his team. Other members of the delegation include: Dr. Adesuwa Agbontaen- President, GOODON Dr. Claire Esenwah- Secretary Board of Trustees; […]
An Address by The NOA President Dr Obinna Awiaka, During the 2022 World Sight Day

The Nigerian Optometric Association gladly joins the World Health Organization (W.H.O), the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), the Ministry of Health and the rest of the world to celebrate World Sight Day (WSD), which is usually marked every 2nd Thursday in October. This year’s World Sight Day is on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, […]
PROF UCHE IKONNE COMMISSIONS OPTOMETRY HOUSE

As part of activities at the ongoing 45th Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) Annual Conference & Vision Expo; the Optometry House was unveiled on Thursday, July 14, 2020. The epoch-making event, which took place immediately after the inspection of the exhibition stand of the NOA conference and scientific expo, was anchored by Prof. E.U. Ikonne, President […]
NOA Collaborates with Other Eye Practitioners, FG for Strategic Eye Health Development Plan

Full Representation at the National Eye Health Strategic Development Plan. A two-day Stakeholders meeting was held in Abuja( 1st- 2nd Aug.2022), to validate the Eye Health Policy Document of the Ministry of Health. Attendance includes; The Registrar of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria ( ODORBN), Prof. (Mrs). E. B Uzodike; the […]
Esteemed Colleagues: Health Sector Reform Committee

The attention of the Nigerian Optometric Association has been drawn to a State House Press Release of September 6th, 2021, on the Setting Up of Health Sector Reform Committee by President Muhammadu Buhari. The committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has been mandated to review all healthcare reforms adopted in the past two decades, […]